#4AA8D8#4AA8D8

#4AA8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.113 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4AA8D8
RGBrgb(74, 168, 216)
HSLhsl(200, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(200, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(65.7%, 22.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(65.29, -12.95, -32.50)
CIE-LCHlch(65.29, 34.99, 248.27°)
OKLaboklab(69.51% -0.0663 -0.0912)
OKLCHoklch(69.51% 0.113 234)
XYZxyz(29.2165, 34.4159, 70.0556)
Luminance0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4AA8D8 #D87A4A
analogous
#4AD8C1 #4AA8D8 #4A61D8
triadic
#4AA8D8 #D84AA8 #A8D84A
tetradic
#4AA8D8 #C14AD8 #D87A4A #61D84A
square
#4AA8D8 #C14AD8 #D87A4A #61D84A
split-complementary
#4AA8D8 #D84A61 #D8C14A
monochromatic
#1E658A #298ABC #4AA8D8 #7CC0E3 #AFD8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66
#4AA8D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88
#4AA8D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8D8
7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4AA8D8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4AA8D81.002.667.887.88
#FFFFFF2.661.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8821.001.001.00
##0000007.8821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#91A6DA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7D98D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B5B8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4aa8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.113 234.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc1e4',
    500: '#4aa8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4aa8d8;
$custom-light: #8bc1e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4aa8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.282,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69512,
    "c": 0.11274,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.34419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4AA8D8
secondary
#DCB6A2
accent
#7940E8
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F7FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1215
muted
#7E8183

Preview Lab

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#4AA8D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva